Financial support for interns from India and Taiwan

SSMP funding includes the following services:

Subsidy for living expenses monthly for the duration of your stay EUR 850
Country-specific travel allowance Once
– from India
– from Taiwan		 1.425 EUR
2.125 EUR
Social Top Up monthly in the following cases:
– Students with a degree of disability or chronic illness
– Students from a non-academic background or working students
– Students with own child		 250 EUR

 

 

Information regarding the application procedure and the application link can be found under the Application tab.
The grant is to be paid out in two installments.

  • 70% to be paid out once the student arrives at the Saxon host institution and provides a Confirmation of Arrival (pdf, to be downloaded in the SOP workflow, signed by the host institution)
  • 30% to be paid out once the student provides the Confirmation of Stay at the end of the stay (pdf, to be downloaded in the SOP workflow, signed by the host institution)

To ensure easy processes, the installments will only be paid onto a German bank account or an International bank account that can provide a European IBAN.

Students from Taiwan or India who have found an internship at one of Saxony’s universities or in the Saxon economy can apply for financial support for their internship through the SSMP program.

Funding conditions

  • Financial support for the internship can only be provided if the internship has already been confirmed.
  • Financial support can only be provided for student internships.
    Alumni internships are subject to a minimum wage and are therefore not financially supported by the scholarship program.

Application deadline

The application documents should be submitted in full at least 6 months before the start of the internship. This enables us to take care for additional necessary documentation such as application for a work permit.

Application documents

  • Online application
  • Certificate of enrollment from the home university
  • Letter of Acceptance from the host internship institution
  • Transcript of Records from the home university
  • Language certificate (German B1 and/or B2 English depending on the planned working language of the internship)
  • Letter of motivation (max. 2 pages)
  • A letter of recommendation from a university lecturer at the home university with a doctorate in a relevant subject

The Saxon Student Mobility Program (SSMP) and the Saxon Science Ambassador Program (SSAP) aim to provide financial support for students from the two partner countries as well as for Saxon university staff travelling to India and Taiwan.

SSMP provides financial support for Saxon students during their studies abroad in Taiwan or India. The program also promotes student internships for Indian and Taiwanese students in Saxony.

SSAP offers financial support to academic staff in the event of a research stay in Taiwan and India.

Both programs are funded by the Saxon Ministry of Science, Art and Tourism and are part of Saxony’s initiative to attract skilled workers. In this context, the Free State of Saxony is also investing in the establishment of scientific liaison offices in various priority regions.